Microbial Genetics &
Biotechnology
Figure 10.CO: A corn field
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Figure 10.COinsert: Bacillus thuringiensis
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Figure 10.1a: An electron micrograph of an E. coli cell immediately after
disruption. The tangled mass is the organism’s DNA.
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Figure 10.1b: The loops in the structure chromosome, viewed head-on
Figure 10.2: Replication of the E. coli chromosome
Figure 10.3: A TEM of bacterial plasmids.
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Figure 10.4: How nitrous acid causes bacterial mutations
Figure 10.5A-B: Bacterial conjugation
Figure 10.5C: Bacterial conjugation
Figure 10.6: Conjugation in Hfr bacteria
Figure 10.7A-D: Generalized transduction
Figure 10.7E-H: Generalized transduction
Figure 10.8A-D: Specialized transduction
Figure 10.8E-J: Specialized transduction
Figure 10.9a: Bacterial transformation
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Figure 10.9b: Oswald Avery
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Figure 10.10a: A restriction enzyme cuts through two strands of a DNA
molecule to produce two fragments.
Figure 10.10b: The recognition sites of several restriction enzymes
Figure 10.11A-B: Construction of a recombinant DNA molecule
Figure 10.11C-E: Construction of a recombinant DNA molecule
Figure 10.12A-C: Developing new products using genetic engineering
Figure 10.12D-G: Developing new products using genetic engineering